Next Fertility Nordic

IVF treatment availability at Next Fertility Nordic

About Next Fertility Nordic

Next Fertility Nordic is part of the Next Clinics group, one of Europe’s leading healthcare institutions specializing in reproductive health. They believe in taking a comprehensive approach to infertility treatment. While they focus on cutting-edge technologies in the lab, they also stress the importance of patient support and additional services like genetic counseling, experience counseling, nutrition counseling, and pregnancy monitoring. Next Fertility Nordic offers an independent donation program and an on-site biobank for donor gametes to ensure all patients’ needs are catered to. Their new clinic, which is fully accessible, provides a private and comfortable environment for treatment.

Established in 2010 under BioEximi OÜ and Fertility Clinic Nordic, the company has been part of the NEXTCLINICS group since 2019. This group comprises a network of top-notch healthcare facilities across Europe, primarily specializing in fertility treatment, gynecology, and midwifery. Situated on the 4th floor of a private medical center, the clinic boasts a modern and spacious facility with multiple consultation, examination, and ultrasound rooms, as well as dedicated spaces for medical device reprocessing and cryo-storage. Next Fertility Nordic houses two laboratories—one for embryology and another for andrology—as well as an operating theater and a recovery room with four beds.

The clinic welcomes female patients aged up to 50 years old. The embryo transfer must occur before the patient’s 51st birthday. Next Fertility Nordic is inclusive of HIV-positive female patients, who can undergo IVF with donor eggs, however, IVF with won oocytes is not available to them. Both female and male patients with HCV/HBV infection are accepted provided they have a negative viral load. Same-sex female couples are welcome at the clinic and can be treated using their own or donor eggs and donor sperm. ROPA (Reciprocal IVF) is not currently allowed in Estonia. However, as of this year (2024), it is permissible for women to donate eggs to another woman in instances of medical necessity. Please ask the clinic for more details.

Both the clinic and the lab have obtained licenses from the Estonian Health Board and the Agency of Medicine, respectively. Since October 1, 2021, the clinic has partnered with the Estonian Health Insurance Fund to cover infertility treatments for women under 40 years old with Estonian health insurance.

Next Fertility Nordic holds a Medical Lab ISO 15189 accreditation certificate.

Experience and Medical Staff at Next Fertility Nordic

The lead doctor at the clinic is Dr. Ailen Aluri, a gynecologist with over 10 years of experience in infertility treatment. Dr. Aluri graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tartu and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at East Tallinn Central Hospital. She actively participates in international training courses and is a member of several professional organizations, including ESHRE, the Estonian Gynaecologists Society, the Estonian Perinatology Society, and the Estonian Medical Association.

In addition, six other doctors are part of the staffing team. The lab team consists of four embryologists, one of whom has over a decade of experience, while the other two have ample experience internationally. They are working towards the ESHRE Clinical Embryology Certification.

The staff at Next Fertility Nordic are proficient in English, Estonian, Russian, Finnish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Turkish and the Lab Manager is a native English speaker. The clinic undergoes regular inspections by the Estonian Health Board and the Agency of Medicine.

Next Fertility Nordic provides the services of an experienced counselor and donor coordinator, Inna Ossiptšuk, who has undergone specialized training and can empathize with patients as she has personally experienced the fertility/IVF process. Engaging in discussions with an experienced counselor offers you the opportunity to share your journey and explore different facets of your fertility experience, including those you may not have discussed previously. A seasoned counselor can assist you in gaining a deeper understanding of your situation and coming to terms with your infertility diagnosis. They can also help you locate resources to manage and plan for future steps. The process of IVF treatment or confronting an infertility diagnosis can elicit a range of emotions such as denial, guilt, fear, pressure, and grief following a miscarriage. IVF experience counseling aims to alleviate painful memories, equip you with coping strategies during crises, and empower you to make informed decisions regarding your treatment.

IVF Costs at Next Fertility Nordic

The first consultation at the clinic costs €110. The most basic treatment is IUI, available at Nordic for €350 (+ €250 coordination fee) and AID, which is IUI with donor sperm is available at the cost of €750 (+ €250 coordination fee). If you are looking to have IVF with your own oocytes, the cost at Next Fertility Nordic is €2,450 (+ 590 coordination fee). Men can have their semen frozen for €400. For women interested in social egg freezing, the cost is €1,500 for up to 10 oocytes.

If the best recommendation for you are donor eggs, this treatment is also available and you can choose between fresh and frozen donor egg programs:

• IVF with fresh donor eggs (up to 10 oocytes) – €6,250 + €590 coordination fee.
• IVF with frozen donor eggs (6 oocytes) – €6,250 + €590 coordination fee.

Frozen embryo transfer (FET) is priced at €990 (+ €295 coordination fee). PGT-A is available at €2,200 for 4 embryos.

The cost for double donation (donor eggs + donor sperm) is €6,650 + a coordination fee of €590 which amounts to €7,240. This includes donor selection, donor eggs, donor sperm, fertilization, embryo cultivation in EmbryoScope, embryo transfer, and IVF experience counseling.

All embryos at Next Fertility Nordic are cultivated in an Embryoscope (time-lapse incubation) without an additional fee. The lab also makes use of an artificial intelligence developmental tool CHLOE for embryo viability assessment. Patients are offered access to a webpage with real-time access to their embryos from their phones. The price of which is included in the package. All patients are enrolled in the RI Witness electronic tracking scheme which is a witnessing program using Radio Frequency Identification technology to detect and record patients’ data every time gametes or embryos are moved from one device to another, through every step of the process. The IVF lab and procedure room has a proven Class C quality of air category due to the comprehensive ventilation and VOC-controlled system in effect.

IVF Add-ons and Other Costs

Other treatments that are available at the clinics are as follows:

• Standard semen analysis – €85
• ERA test – €900
• Genetic screening test – Karyotype: €175, Carrier testing: €450
• DNA fragmentation test – €150
• EmbryoGlue – €250

IVF Success Rates at Next Fertility Nordic

In 2023, at Next Fertility Nordic in the Embryology and Andrology lab they had 181 patient IVF cycles and 206 embryo transfer procedures, where 137 cycles included ICSI, 10 of them included PGT-A, and 114 of them were FET (frozen embryo transfers). Overall, they are proud to announce a yearly total of 100 clinical pregnancies. A clinical pregnancy is defined as the presence of a gestational sac on ultrasound. Their clinical pregnancy number has increased by 17% compared to 2022. This increase is likely attributed to comprehensive protocols, high-quality products, technologies, and cohesion with the medical team at Next Fertility Nordic.

In 2023, the overall average clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer procedure was 44% (across all age groups and treatment categories). Next Fertility Nordic’s egg donation program generated a clinical pregnancy success rate of 51% which encompassed both fresh and frozen eggs and fresh and frozen embryo transfer treatment groups. You can see the breakdown of success rates below:

• IVF with own eggs – women aged ≤ 39 – 46%
• IVF with own eggs – women aged ≥ 40 – 29%
• IVF with donor eggs – 50%
• all embryo transfers, all ages – 45%.

Next Fertility Nordic – Location

All international patients are warmly welcomed and receive a complimentary consultation with the clinic’s patient coordinator. A referral from a family doctor is not necessary. What’s particularly convenient for patients traveling from abroad is the absence of waiting lists.

Next Fertility Nordic is situated in central Tallinn, Estonia, just a 10-minute drive from Tallinn airport and a 30-minute drive from Tallinn port. Patients are advised to use Tallink Taxi for transportation from the airport to the clinic. The clinic staff can assist with pre-booking taxis, typically costing between EUR 10-20. Taxis can be ordered by calling 1921, or there are usually several Tallink taxis available at the airport. On-site, there is a patient car park located on the 1st floor, with applicable charges. Upon departure from the clinic, complimentary taxi services to hotels/airports can be arranged by the clinic staff for patients. Additionally, many hotels in the area offer discounts to clinic patients; for further details, please inquire with the clinic.

Convenient flights to Tallinn are available from various European cities such as London, Berlin, Dublin, Milan, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Vilnius, and many more. Contact Next Fertility Nordic today to take the first step towards realizing your dreams of starting or expanding your family.